Tag: miniseries
Quentin Tarantino May Direct Episodes of Justified Revival
AlexGherzo | Feb 25, 2022 | 1
Quentin Tarantino is going to make Raylan Givens pull. Deadline reports that Tarantino is in talks to direct “one or two episodes of Justified: City Primeval,” the revival of the superb crime show Justified, on FX. Based on some of Elmore Leonard’s works, Justified focused on Raylan Givens, a ...
Read MoreRaylan Givens Will Return in Justified: City Primeval
AlexGherzo | Jan 14, 2022 | 4
Almost ten months ago, we learned through Variety that the producers of Justified were developing a series based on Elmore Leonard’s novel City Primeval: High Noon in Detroit for FX. Furthermore, they wanted to bring back Justified’s hero, Raylan Givens, to be played again by Timothy Olyphant, e...
Read MoreREVIEW: Hawkeye – Episode 6 “So This is Christmas?”
AlexGherzo | Dec 22, 2021 | 0
Hawkeye’s finale, “So This is Christmas?” is a fitting end for the miniseries in that it has a few good moments, and a better story is aching to break through, but it’s caught in a mire of boring plotlines, weightless action, unsatisfying character arcs, and some of the laziest fight scenes ...
Read MoreREVIEW: Hawkeye – Episode 5 “Ronin”
AlexGherzo | Dec 16, 2021 | 0
“Ronin,” the penultimate episode of Hawkeye, is maybe the worst yet. It’s little more than connective tissue, a series of dull scenes that move characters into place for the finale, but not in exciting or fun ways. There are plot developments that further diminish what should have been the ser...
Read MoreREVIEW: Hawkeye – Episode 4 “Partners, Am I Right?”
AlexGherzo | Dec 8, 2021 | 0
Every so often, a show will deliver an episode that, though unintentionally, perfectly encapsulates the series as a whole. “Partners, Am I Right?” is that for Hawkeye, at least so far. It gives the characters a breather after last week’s action-heavy episode, and while a few meaningful moments...
Read MoreREVIEW: Hawkeye – Episode 3 “Echoes”
AlexGherzo | Dec 2, 2021 | 0
“Echoes” is the most frustrating kind of episode. On the one hand, it’s easily the best Hawkeye’s been yet and has some excellent character work and a fun action sequence. However, it’s also got the show’s shortcomings in full effect, and the contrast teases what Hawkeye could have and s...
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